Comment by Kenndy on January 5, 2009 at 3:16pm

I am glad you joined Erica :)

Comment by Dave G on January 5, 2009 at 3:48pm

Welcome, Erica!

Comment by Frink on January 5, 2009 at 6:30pm

Enjoyable read.

Comment by Oz Atheist on January 5, 2009 at 7:05pm

Brainwashing takes a long time to get over, but is sounds like you are well on your way.
Amazing that years later I sometimes still catch myself saying "thank god", even though I know there is no such thing.

It's quite surprising how people can think God is real but not Santa

Comment by Cara Coleen on January 5, 2009 at 7:21pm

Oooh, Pentecostal even. I've had a lot of experience with that denomination... in fact, I attended a Four Square church that was founded by Pentecostals. Yeah... traumatizing stuff, that speaking in tongues and falling over after being slain in the Spirit. I thought there was something wrong with me for the longest when I couldn't speak in tongues (it boils down to me refusing to fake it, which totally made me suspect other people).

Welcome, Erica. :) I have to say I'm really beginning to love this site!!!

Comment by DJ on January 6, 2009 at 11:05am

I'll see your Pentecostal and raise you a Mormon upbringing. And don't look at myself as being a 'godless heathen'. I am what I was before I was programmed to be something else. I'm human, no more, no less. And I'm fine with that.

Wait, I'm starting to sound like Jack Handy...

Comment by Erica on January 6, 2009 at 11:31am

Well, I don't literally think I'm a heathen. It's just an extreme word I used because I think it's funny. And you totally win with the Mormon thing. ;-)

Comment by DJ on January 6, 2009 at 9:45pm

Heh. Yeah, the Mormon's are interesting. However, I've still got a few very close Mormon friends, which is difficult for me because I'm kind of PG to X rated when I speak (think David Cross and Patton Oswalt). Whenever I'm around them I try and keep it G. The things you do for friends sometimes. Fuck.

Oddly enough these guys were the same guys who helped me get out of the church in the first place! It's a strange world.

Comment by Helen on January 6, 2009 at 10:39pm

This is the same problem I have with youth groups. Honestly, it's just not right to raise a child with such ideas because they are so gullible. I mean, I believed in the Y2K scare. Mind you, I was only eight years old at the time. Haha. Anyways, I totally understand your frustration.

Comment by a7 on April 12, 2009 at 11:44pm

as I tell my children, at least Santa visits once a fucking year.

George

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